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[-] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 290 points 11 months ago

For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn't know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.

[-] SayJess 221 points 11 months ago

We fired our fact-checkers, so we cannot verify whether that is true or not.

[-] talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 55 points 11 months ago

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

i would like to post a community note saying that i personally believe it to be true

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

I can assure you it is true as I was there. I was the $100 note.

[-] eltoukan@jlai.lu 3 points 11 months ago

I can also assure you it is true. I was given a $100 not.. uh wait no you didn't hear that

[-] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[-] noobface@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

and everyone clapped

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

$500 minimum, and I'd really have to think hard about it.
$1000, done deal.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Even at $100 it's a pretty reasonable time/compensation ratio, assuming you only have to spend like 10 minutes on actual performance time.

Of course there is potentially travel time and the overhead of communicating ahead of time to set up the prank.

May not be worth it if you have a full time job already.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 11 months ago

Any acting student would take the 100 gladly.

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

It's reasonable for a steady gig but not for a one-off contract.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

Eh I'd even take the gig for an entire evening

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Dealer's choice ehh? Let's go with "explosive herpes".

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Doctor's have never seen anything like it before, explosive, just completely explosive.

[-] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

To shreds you say

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Sounds like something will Farrell would say. Approved.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've got some free time but I don’t think I could pass for twenty. RIP, $100.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 15 points 11 months ago

Oh shit I wanna do this

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I really want to know how this played out

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I like how OP denotes the actors, as to be very clear in his description of how he's either going to get divorced or murdered.

Let's pretend you accomplish this and she sees the err of her ways. Then what? She's going to kill you when she finds out the kid is not really yours.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Actually it went really well. The wife thought it was hilarious, according to the husband.

"I can't decide what amused her more... the effort I put into the ruse or the fact that I ended up proving her right in the process. [...She said] 'Next time you can save $100 and just assume you're wrong.'"

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I'll be damned. He found someone to match his crazy.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's not as uncommon as sitcoms make it seem. My wife--brilliant, hilarious, way smarter and better at things than I am--would probably think it was hilarious, too. It wouldn't work for our situation (we got together too early in life for it to be believable), but I wouldn't expect any backlash.

I would expect payback in-kind, though.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

My wife found out last year that her mom cheated and that her dad was not her biological dad. He didn't know either. 3 months later he died. Then when she found her biological dad, he had just died too. Then her mom got divorced from her current husband.

Ain't NO way am I fucking around with that right now.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Whoa. Yep, I'd call that...like, the dictionary definition of reading the room. Yikes.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

This sounds fun but will for sure end with someone trying to blackmail him for more money or filing a fake paternity suit lol

[-] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

The post, along with any dms for confirmation of the job, payment, etc, would be sufficient evidence of op's innocence

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